Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Elizabeth Beeler is smart, thrifty and very creative. We met on a shoot she styled for one of my cottages and we have been fast friends and kindred spirits since that time. This is a great article so check it out.

She stenciled this herself..she loves projects and especially the " hands on" kind. Her house is so wonderful !!!

The best news is she is coming in two weeks to stay at my office (a home away from home) and we are doing another one.. This time for HGTV Magazine. She can meet my new assistant Amanda and we can get Anna involved and we can have soooooooooooo much fun!!!!
Work is fun..how lucky am I to love what I do. Once we dismantled almost an
entire house to style it and laughed all the time we were working. I think the homeowners wondered if we were crazy...maybe a little.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

I love creating a porch .The feeling of being inside and outside at the same time. A place to sit and watch the world go by....A place for a picnic..or a nap..or hours of pondering or reading.... or maybe even a fun
"porch party."
When designing a porch, I insist on one being deep enough to create a nice seating arrangement...Never let any builder tell you any different!!!!
Not everyone is a "porch person"but I don't hold that against them. The owner of Cottage on the Green is a great "porch person" and all the porches here are designed for making memories.

the picnic table/craft table

outdoor curtain next and then we are ready for some serious relaxing

Happy Colors

Cottage on the Green

the front porch

How about a real live sleeping porch..remember when there were bed spreads with pillow tucks? You folded the spread over the bed pillows and tucked under them. Anna, Amanda and I had fun playing on the sleeping porch...